A Screenlet that displays a slideshow from your folder or from the Flickr.com website . It also shows images in the screenlet frame .You can add new images by drag&drop them into the screenlet's window area

by Helder Fraga aka Whise

requirements python image module

Changelog:

1 Added recursive folders , fixed flickr

0.9 added preserve aspect ratio thanks to Mike Peters

v0.8 added wide mode and fixed the lower case bug

v0.7 added button to set as wallaper and to open image
SlideShow 0.8
v0.6
added new resize quality select menu
added new frame skin

v0.5
added buttons on the screen
fixed some stuff

fixed a couple of stuff , now doesnt hang on startup if you dont have inet

The picture managed to fit the frame after I disable the 'keep aspect ratio' but the picture is displayed kinda weird without the option being turned on.

Latest Versions

I'm running Slideshow version 1.1 on Screenlets 0.1.2. The context menu takes several seconds to become available under most circumstances. I did not experience this problem when using earlier versions.

Also, is there a way to change which image viewer is used when selecting the "open image" option? It doesn't follow the Nautilus "open with" settings. Eye of Gnome is really slow and I'd like to use GThumb instead. Thanks!

Re: Latest Versions

The image viewer issue can be resolved by changing the gnome-open command found in the SlideshowScreenlet.py file to gvfs-open. Apparently gnome-open is undocumented and may be deprecated. See here for details:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/209714

an essential screenlet but...

It's THE screenlet I use / enjoy the more often. However I miss the lack of reactivity of vista's sreenlet (how my god what am I saying!) to open these picture. And I would sugest an other option : displaying the picture with the right orientation according to the exifs. I display picture of my camera, ubuntu diplays them well, but sadly this screenlet don't show them in the right orientation.
After correcting the first thing and adding the second option it would be perfect.

Can I add a custom Flickr feed? Like my contacts photos

New Version

Hey guys, I made a new version of this cool Screenlet.
It does a much better job at resizing images for scales > 100%, resulting in much higher quality, and adds the ability to center images that have 'Aspect ratio maintained'.
Also, it allows you to maximize a picture to the frame by cropping the image, instead of distorting it(inspired by SlideshowPlus).

Get it here:
http://github.com/dalyons/slideshow_screenlet/tree/master